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This
Month's Product Profile
Multimedia
Phone From Sharp
 Sharp
has released the MultiMedia Phone, a telephone/fax machine that enables you to
send and receive e-mail and access the Internet. The new Phone is a PersonalJava-compliant
machine equipped with a touch-screen LCD, and the onscreen keyboard lets you create,
fax, and e-mail text messages. It permits dial-up Net access using its internal
modem, and ISDN and Ethernet connection is possible using optional terminal adapters.
The MultiMedia Phone is 313mm x 200mm x 79mm, and it weighs 1.7kg. Retail price
is open.
Sharp consumer center: 06-6621-4649 (West Japan),
043-294-4649 (East Japan)
Browser
Board from NTT DoCoMo
 NTT
DoCoMo has released a new type of Pocket Board (portable e-mail device), dubbed
the Browser Board. In addition to the e-mail functionality of the regular Pocket
Board, the new device features Internet browser software and personal information
management (PIM) capabilities. It supports DoCoMo's ISP services, Mopera and Paldio
Net Surfing (which do not require a separate ISP service contract). The connection
cable is optional, and Browser Board users can employ either a cellular or PHS
telephone to browse the Internet. The Browser Board is 160mm x 90mm x 26mm, and
it weighs 305g (including batteries). Retail price is ¥31,900.
NTT DoCoMo: 0120-177-360
Rich
Text Converter from Antenna House
 Do
you ever receive files produced by an application that you don't have? The Rich
Text Converter from Antenna House is here to help. Text Converter will first detect
the file's format, then it will convert the file into a format understood by your
PC's software. It can even detect data produced by stand-alone word processing
machines such as the Shoin (Sharp) and Rupo (Toshiba) - file formats that are
usually impossible to access from regular PC word processing apps. The new version,
2000R2, can convert more file formats than earlier versions. The corporate version
retails for ¥46,800, and the personal version sells for ¥15,000.
Antenna House: 0426-21-2569
DigiOnSound
from Media Vision
 DigiOnSound
is software that enables you to create and edit music, displaying the newly created
music onscreen. The music can be placed on a website or used to create videos,
animation, etc. The advantage of using this software with video clips is that
you can edit the sound with the video running at the same time, enabling you to
easily apply BGM or voice narration. It features noise reduction, a fade in/out
function, and other special effect tools. With its 96kHz sampling rate, DigiOnSound
produces better-than-CD sound quality. Retail price for the standard version is
¥36,000, and ¥14,800 for the academic version.
Media Vision: 03-3263-0669
Desktop
On-Call from IBM
 IBM
has released Desktop On-Call Version 3.0, nicknamed "PC Remote Control." Through
a dial-up connection or via a LAN, the software allows you to operate another
PC remotely. Just install the software on the machine you would like to remotely
control, and the host machine needs only be equipped with a Web browser that supports
Java applets. Java applet technology allows you to control not only remote Windows
computers, but also Mac, Linux, and other computers as well. Desktop On-Call retails
for ¥11,800, and the upgrade version retails for ¥6,800.
IBM: 0120-04-1992
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